Table 1 Demographics and experience in the development of WRD of the respondents involved in the local and global validation of the UA glossary
From: Towards a validated glossary of usability attributes for the evaluation of wearable robotic devices
Characteristic | Data | Local (n = 7) | Global (n = 70) |
|---|---|---|---|
Age | Mean ± STD | 29.7 ± 5.3 | 38.0 ± 11.0 |
Sex | Female | 3 | 16 |
Male | 4 | 53 | |
Other | 0 | 1 | |
Countries | Total (Total) | 4 | 17 |
Years involved in the development of WRD | Median (Q1–Q3) | 3.0 (2.3–7.0) | 7.0 (3.0–10.0) |
No. of dedicated usability evaluation studies | Median (Q1–Q3) | 2.0 (1.0–7.0) | 2.0 (1.0–3.75) |
No. of target users personally interacted with | Median (Q1–Q3) | 15.0 (7.0–25.0) | 15.0 (5.0–50.0) |
Maximum TRL achieved | 1 Basic research | 0 | 2 |
2 Technology formulation | 0 | 1 | |
3 Needs validation | 0 | 2 | |
4 Small-scale prototype | 3 | 7 | |
5 Large-scale prototype | 1 | 11 | |
6 Prototype system | 1 | 8 | |
7 Demonstration system | 1 | 12 | |
8 Initial commercialization | 0 | 2 | |
9 Full commercial application | 1 | 17 |